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The Titans weld more power than any group of men in American history and they're about to use it.
巨头们拥有的权力比美国历史上的任何组织都要强大 他们也会利用这些权力
Much appreciated.
非常感谢
This is McKinley's speech that he'll be giving at the Republican convention.
这是麦金莱在共和党全国代表大会上的演讲稿
Make sure he sees it in time.
确保他及时看到
Understood.
是
Rockefeller, Morgan and Carnegie each give over $200,000 to McKinley.
洛克菲勒 摩根和卡内基给麦金莱的钱都超过了二十万美元
The equivalent of $20 million dollars today.
那时的二十万相当于今天的两千万
The campaign is, by far, the most expensive in American history and McKinley outspent Bryan by a factor of five to one.
这次竞选是美国有史以来花费最多的 麦金莱的开支是布赖恩的五倍
But they don't just fund their candidate.
巨头们所做的不仅仅是资助候选人
The group wields tremendous influence and they aren't shy about using it.
他们拥有巨大的影响力 运用起来也是毫不忌讳
Suggesting headlines and orchestrating PR campaigns that end up getting McKinley elected.
比如操纵媒体 策划公关活动 都是为了让麦金莱当选
It was easier to buy the publicity that you wanted in those days, than it is now.
花钱买宣传在那个时候比现在要来得容易
The news media was a smaller market and it was easier to feed information to your favorite correspondents than it probably is now.
当时的新闻媒体市场较小 向你中意的记者传达信息比现在应该容易一些

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视频资料:
洛克菲勒、范德比尔特、卡内基、阿斯托、福特和摩根，他们的名字几乎是美国梦的近义词，也代表着美国梦的历史。他们转变了他们所接触的每个行业：石油、铁路、钢铁、船运、汽车，还有金融。他们的付出改变了一个国家。出身贫寒，他们却多次涉足总统选举，设立经济政策，影响他们那个年代——内战到大萧条时期。他们，被称为造就美国的人。

重点讲解

讲解：
wield power
拥有,运用,行使,支配(权力等):
She wields enormous power within the party.
她操纵着党内大权。

feed sb sth | ~ sth to sb
提供(意见或信息等)；灌输
We are constantly fed gossip and speculation by the media.
媒体不断给我们灌输流言蜚语和猜测臆断。

suggest sth
暗示；言下之意是说
I would never suggest such a thing.
我根本不会有这样的意思。

end up
最终成为；最后处于:
If you go on like this you'll end up in prison.
如果你继续这样,早晚得进监狱。

shy of / about (doing)
害怕(做)；对(做)…心怀顾忌:
The band has never been shy of publicity.
这支乐队一向不惮招摇。

by a factor of
(增或减的)数量,倍数:
The real wage of the average worker has increased by a factor of over 10 in the last 70 years.
近 70 年来工人的实际工资平均增长超过了十倍。

in time (for sth / to do sth)
来得及；及时:
Will we be in time for the one o'clock train?
我们来得及赶上六点钟的那趟火车吗？